Joe DeLuca

In the early 1950s, Joe DeLuca was exposed to the history of art as well as contemporary views. His alma mater, Bowling Green State University in Ohio, was where his development was inspired by Prof. Paul Running.

In the 1960s, while studying at Michigan State University, where he received his Master of Fine Arts degree, he became immersed in the abstract expressionist movement. DeLuca taught at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Mich.